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BUSH ATTENDS BOOK GALA

President George W. Bush listens as his wife, Laura Bush, speaks to a gathering at the Library of Congress during the National Book Festival Gala in Washington, DC, September 28, 2007. Flanking the president are Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. (left) and Mrs. Marjorie Billington, wife of the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington. (UPI Photo/Martin H. Simon/Pool)

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